For Pleasure Is A State Of Soul,

The Saying Of Protagoras Is Like The Views We Have Mentioned; He Said That Man Is The Measure Of All Things, Meaning Simply That That Which Seems To Each Man Assuredly Is. If This Is So, It Follows That The Same Thing Both Is And Is Not, And Is Bad And Good, And That The Contents Of All Other Opposite Statements Are True, Because Often A Particular Thing Appears Beautiful To Some And Ugly To Others, And That Which Appears To Each Man Is The Measure

We Give Up Leisure In Order That We May Have Leisure, Just As We Go To War In Order That We May Have Peace.

The Best Way To Avoid Envy Is To Deserve The Success You Get.

So It Is Clear That The Search For What Is Just Is A Search For The Mean; For The Law Is The Mean.

The Citizens Begin By Giving Up Some Part Of The Constitution, And So With Greater Ease The Government Change Something Else Which Is A Little More Important, Until They Have Undermined The Whole Fabric Of The State.